Banana Bran Breakfast Bread

Submitted by Steve P.

"Delicious plain or toasted and stays moist for days. Recipe from Canadian Dairy Farmers Association"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup wheat bran
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 ripe bananas
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1⁄2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

directions

1. To make buttermilk if fresh is not available, combine 1 tbsp (15 ml) of white vinegar with milk.
2. Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
3. In a large bowl, stir together bran, both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
4. In a medium bowl, beat together buttermilk, brown sugar, butter, eggs, bananas, orange juice and peel.
5. Fold into dry ingredients just until moistened.
6. Stir in raisins and walnuts and spoon batter into a buttered 9"x 5" (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan.
7. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
8. For the adventurous:Add dried cranberries instead of raisins.

Reviews

[moore.john]

Delicious - probbly quite fattening. but YUM.

 

[Sue K.]

Added some chocolate chips. Fabulous. Did bake an extra 9 minutes.

 

[pat.biggam]

Fabulous! Made the recipe as is, no tweaking. Shared with a friend today along with afternoon tea (one of our English traditions here in South Africa). We LOVED this bread and besides tasting great, we like the fairly healthy ingredients--not too much sugar, wholewheat flour and bran and other great ingredients. This is a delicious bread I think the whole family will love--and your health conscious, weight conscious friends too. I have a fan oven so bake at a temperature 20 degrees below the advised temp--so 160C. Comes out beautifully at the advised 1 hour baking time. Thank you food.com for great recipes. I often refer to your website for 5 star recipes.

 

[jennyblender]

This is fantastic! The kids just inhaled it for dessert calling it "cake." I made just as written but replaced butter with coconut oil, left out the raisins and added a few chocolate chips instead. Very easy, healthy, and yummy. That's 5 stars from us. Thanks 1Steve....

 

[chris_11270422]

Delicious taste, and makes a very big loaf that holds together well in the toaster. But I did not rate it a 5 because I think the cooking directions are off. After 60 minutes it was still a little underdone in the center. But because it is so dense, a toothpick tester is not a clear indicator. So I had to put it back in the oven and bake this bread for 1 hr 15 minutes.